i7 920 motherboard choices.

[Mark]

There are so many choices even amongst Asus itinerary that it's difficult to choose.

Processor I'm buy ( unless someone thinks otherwise ) i7 920
Motherboard P6T. Or a crossfire alternative motherboard - giga-byte? Foxcomm?

What I'm looking for:

Holes on board to align with the my present 775 water block cooler and my understanding is that the P6T has two sets of wholes.

Fiber optic spdif audio output
Crossfire capable ( picking up the 5870)
Wanted to go solid state drives ( raid )
Good phase and capacitors for sure...will be overclocking and water cooling.

[martin_metal_88]

if you are searching for a price GA X58-UD3R is hard to beat. In the good board category you have GA-X58-UD5 and P6T. But comparing to the GA I think the asus have no chance. Morethen 350$ for a board is a waste of money I think.

NCIX.com - Buy Gigabyte EX58-UD3R ATX LGA1366 X58 DDR3 2PCI-E 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GLAN CrossFireX Motherboard - GA-EX58-UD3R In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Gigabyte EX58-UD5 ATX LGA1366 X58 DDR3 3PCI-E SATA2 Sound 2GLAN 3-WAY CrossFireX SLI Motherboard - GA-EX58-UD5 In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy ASUS P6T X58 ATX LGA1366 DDR3 3PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFire SLI SATA2 GBLAN Motherboard - P6T In Canada.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

if you are searching for a price GA X58-UD3R is hard to beat. In the good board category you have GA-X58-UD5 and P6T. But comparing to the GA I think the asus have no chance. Morethen 350$ for a board is a waste of money I think.

NCIX.com - Buy Gigabyte EX58-UD3R ATX LGA1366 X58 DDR3 2PCI-E 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GLAN CrossFireX Motherboard - GA-EX58-UD3R In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Gigabyte EX58-UD5 ATX LGA1366 X58 DDR3 3PCI-E SATA2 Sound 2GLAN 3-WAY CrossFireX SLI Motherboard - GA-EX58-UD5 In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy ASUS P6T X58 ATX LGA1366 DDR3 3PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFire SLI SATA2 GBLAN Motherboard - P6T In Canada.

I would like to go back to GIG but they don't have 775 wholes by the look of the picture

[bkh2]

I have the Asus P6T x58 mobo. If you plan on watercooling the northbridge, you can forget getting this board (as far as I know). There are no waterblocks that are compatible with this board. There is a capacitor really near to the mounting hole on the northbridge heatsink, so there's no chance of mounting a waterblock. However, the Asus P6T is both SLI and Crossfire compatible IIRC.

As for the 775 mounting holes, I can confirm that there are two sets of holes; one for the customary 1366 coolers and I would assume the other pair is for LGA 775 (I can read my manual again to confirm if you would like).

Edit: I do agree, however, that this board is overpriced. I got it for $275 back in the day though. I personally wouldn't pay $320 for it though.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by bkh2

I have the Asus P6T x58 mobo. If you plan on watercooling the northbridge, you can forget getting this board (as far as I know). There are no waterblocks that are compatible with this board. There is a capacitor really near to the mounting hole on the northbridge heatsink, so there's no chance of mounting a waterblock. However, the Asus P6T is both SLI and Crossfire compatible IIRC.

As for the 775 mounting holes, I can confirm that there are two sets of holes; one for the customary 1366 coolers and I would assume the other pair is for LGA 775 (I can read my manual again to confirm if you would like).

Edit: I do agree, however, that this board is overpriced. I got it for $275 back in the day though. I personally wouldn't pay $320 for it though.

Yes it's overpriced. It's around $249+tax. I'll keep looking but it looks like this is the only choice I have.

[martin_metal_88]

775 does not matter? The I7 come with his own cooler and if you are planing to put aftermarket then get one for 1366. The cpu are bigger, if your cooler have been made for 775 most of the time you will have terrific performance. I see that you are watercooled so then you should buy a waterblock here on HWC instead of re-using the other one because of the CPU size.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

775 does not matter? The I7 come with his own cooler and if you are planing to put aftermarket then get one for 1366. The cpu are bigger, if your cooler have been made for 775 most of the time you will have terrific performance. I see that you are watercooled so then you should buy a waterblock here on HWC instead of re-using the other one because of the CPU size.

I just looked at a picture...your right, the i7 is bigger and I thought it was the other way around!. I'll have to measure the bottom of my waterblock and see if it will work. Thanks!

[martin_metal_88]

the problem is not that the waterblock wont fit over. It's because the the dissipating area is not big enough so it will cool down the middle of the CPU but not the side. it's like a wheel, she is large but only a part of it touch the road. BTW, what is your waterblock? if you have one that can do 1366 you will be good just get the mouting hardware at the same time you order the mobo.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

the problem is not that the waterblock wont fit over. It's because the the dissipating area is not big enough so it will cool down the middle of the CPU but not the side. it's like a wheel, she is large but only a part of it touch the road. BTW, what is your waterblock? if you have one that can do 1366 you will be good just get the mouting hardware at the same time you order the mobo.

I'll find out but it's the EnzoTech SCW-1 rev 2.0. Great block!



Found out there is an adaptor. Thanks bud...now I'll look back at gig-byte

[martin_metal_88]

No prob, after seeing some post on the internet this block with the adapter seems to work good on coreI7 so I hope you will enjoy your new build;)